Archive for January 2025
Toronto-area teen arrested over alleged plan to travel to join ISIS
A Toronto-area teen has been arrested on suspicion he was planning to travel abroad to join ISIS, CBC News has learned. Court records show the RCMP applied last month for a terrorism peace bond in the case, which would restrict the movements of the 18-year-old from Newmarket, Ont. The accused can’t be named due to…
Read MoreFBI releases new video of a suspect planting a pipe bomb near DNC offices on eve of the Capitol riot
A harrowing chapter in American history remains shrouded in mystery: Who planted pipe bombs outside offices of the Democratic and Republican national committees in Washington on the eve of the attack on the Capitol? Hoping to generate new tips from the public, the FBI is releasing more information about its pipe bomb investigation, including an…
Read MoreNew Orleans attack latest: FBI, DHS warn of copycat vehicle attack danger
The FBI and Department of Homeland Security on Thursday issued a joint intelligence bulletin warning the nation’s 18,000 law-enforcement agencies about potential copycats seeking to emulate this week’s devastating ramming and shooting attack in New Orleans, ABC News has learned. The bulletin was sent out of an abundance of caution to sensitize law enforcement around…
Read MoreBomb threat shuts down I-85 in South Carolina, suspect arrested
A man from Illinois was arrested after a bomb threat investigation shut down I-85 in both directions near Greenville, South Carolina, on Thursday. A South Carolina Transport Police officer conducted a traffic stop on a tractor-trailer around 2:45 p.m. near Exit 44 for a missing license plate, according to the South Carolina Highway Patrol. The…
Read MorePayette police find explosive device and suspect thanks to footprints in snow
Footprints in the snow led to the discovery of an explosive device in Payette, said officials on Thursday. The Payette Police Department responded to a call on Jan. 1, at roughly 6 a.m., about a suspicious person trying to light something on fire in the 600 block of North 8th Street, Chief of Police Gary…
Read MorePennsylvania Man Who Traveled to Lebanon and Syria with Goal of Joining Hizballah Indicted on Terrorism Offense and for Lying to FBI
Jack Danaher Molloy, 24, a former resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a grand jury on charges of attempting to support the foreign terrorist organization Hizballah and making false statements involving international terrorism to a department or agency of the United States. Molloy was previously charged by criminal complaint with making false statements…
Read MoreMan Shot Himself In Head Before Cybertruck Exploded Outside Trump’s Las Vegas Hotel, Officials Say
The highly decorated Army soldier inside the Tesla Cybertruck that burst into flames outside President-elect Donald Trump’s Las Vegas hotel shot himself in the head before the explosion and likely planned to cause more damage but the explosive was rudimentary and the steel-sided vehicle absorbed much of the force, officials said Thursday. Clark County Sheriff…
Read MoreFBI: New Orleans truck attacker acted alone but investigation with Las Vegas explosion continues
The FBI said Thursday the suspect in the New Orleans truck attack appeared to have acted alone and that there are no links to the explosion of a truck outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas on New Year’s Day. The FBI said at a news conference that the New Orleans driver −Shamsud-Din Jabbar,…
Read MoreGainesville man who “espoused antisemitic views” arrested for stalking after allegedly plotting to attack AIPAC office in South Florida
Forrest Kendall Pemberton, 26, of Gainesville, has been charged with stalking by the FBI after allegedly plotting an attack of an AIPAC office in Plantation, FL. Pemberton’s father reported that he was missing on December 23 According to federal and Alachua County court documents, Pemberton’s father contacted the Gainesville Police Department (GPD) on December 23…
Read MoreTesla Cybertruck explosion outside Trump Hotel in Las Vegas investigated as possible act of terrorism
A Tesla Cybertruck that exploded outside the Trump Towers in Las Vegas early Wednesday, killing one person in the vehicle, is being investigated as a possible act of terrorism, according to law enforcement. Investigators do not believe there’s “any other danger to the community right now,” FBI agent Jeremy Schwartz said at a news conference…
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